Plant Identification Photos: Monkshood (also known as "Wolf's Bane") - Deadly!

Photo credit: Jason Schwartz/Rocky Mountain Bushcraft ©2019 All Rights Reserved

Friends, if you see this plant up in the mountains, observe it from a distance and do not touch it. Monkshood is very toxic and potentially deadly if eaten. In fact, even handling the plant is toxic enough to cause illness, so beware!

Cheers,

Jason

Photo credit: Jason Schwartz/Rocky Mountain Bushcraft ©2019 All Rights Reserved

Photo credit: Jason Schwartz/Rocky Mountain Bushcraft ©2019 All Rights Reserved

Photo credit: Jason Schwartz/Rocky Mountain Bushcraft ©2019 All Rights Reserved

Photo credit: Jason Schwartz/Rocky Mountain Bushcraft ©2019 All Rights Reserved

Photo credit: Jason Schwartz/Rocky Mountain Bushcraft ©2019 All Rights Reserved

About the author

Jason Schwartz is the Founder and Senior Editor of Rocky Mountain Bushcraft. He is a US Army Veteran, former Red Cross certified Wilderness & Remote First Aid Instructor, and the author of Edible & Medicinal Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains Pocket Survival Guides. Jason has taught at the Rabbitstick Primitive Skills Gathering in Idaho and at the Winter Camping Symposium in Minnesota. In addition, he has written articles on bushcraft and survival for Backpacker Magazine and The New Pioneer. 

Email him at rockymountainbushcraft @ hotmail.com (without spaces)